EPIF 11th Annual Conference 2026

 

European Payments: resilience in a global world

 

18 November 2026

 

 

REGISTER HERE 

Programme

Elie Beyrouthy, Chair of EPIF and Vice President European Government Affairs, American Express

9:05 – 9:20 Opening Keynote

Astrid Cousin, Director for Horizontal Policies, DG FISMA, European Commission

9:20- 10:20 High-level executive panel on the Future of Payments

Moderator: Elie Beyrouthy, Chair of EPIF & Vice President European Government Affairs, American Express

    • Konstantinos Maragkakis, Vice-Chair of EPIF & EEA Chief Executive, Paysafe
    • Juan Orti, Head of Growth Markets Europe, American Express
    • Francesca Cedrola, Head of Amazon Payment Acceptance for EU/UK, Amazon
10:20- 10:50 Keynote speech, followed by Q&A

Dirk Haubrich, Head of Conduct, Payments and Consumers, European Banking Authority

Moderator: Nickolas Reinhardt, Head of EPIF Secretariat

 

10:50 – 11:20 Coffee Break
11:30- 12:30 Panel discussion on Payments

Moderator: Alaa Khalaily, Chair of EPIF Payments Regulation and Digital Euro Taskforce, & Director of Government Affairs, American Express

    • Ward Möhlmann, Head of Unit for Retail Financial Services and Payments, DG FISMA, European Commission
    • Reinout Temmerman, Head of Retail Payments, Prudential Supervision & Oversight, National Bank of Belgium
    • Giorgio Andreoli, Director General, European Payments Council
    • Atze Faas, Adviser, Eurocommerce
    • Lea Siering, MD Risk & Compliance, Zalando Payments  
    • Fanny Rodriguez, Chief of Compliance, Legal and Risks, Xpollens  
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00-15:00 Panel discussion on Technological Innovation

Moderator: Elie Beyrouthy, Chair of EPIF, Vice President European Government Affairs, American Express

    • Frida Stokland, Payments Lead, Manager EU Public policy, Amazon
    • Can Avunduk, Regulatory Strategy Lead, Payments and Identity, Google
    • Krzysztof Pycia, Executive Adviser, PONIP  
    • Alaa Khalaily, Director of Government Affairs, American Express
15:00 – 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30- 16:30 Panel discussion on AML

Moderator: Konstantinos Maragkakis, Vice-Chair of EPIF & EEA Chief Executive Officer, Paysafe

    • Brendan O’ Leary, Head of Anti-Money Laundering Unit, Department of Finance Ireland
    • Tobias Thygesen, Head of Innovation and Anti-Fraud Unit, AMLA
    • Claude Bocqueraz, Deputy Head of Unit for Financial Crime, DG FISMA, European Commission
    • Jean Noel Cutajar, Deputy Director, FIAU Malta
    • Marcel Trik, Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer, Yoursafe
16:30- 16:40 Closing remarks

Konstantinos Maragkakis, Vice-Chair of EPIF & EEA Chief Executive Officer, Paysafe

Conference ends at 17:00

Speakers

Alaa Khalaily
Director, European Government Affairs
American Express
Atze Faas
Payments Adviser
EuroCommerce
Astrid Cousin
Director for Horizontal Policies
DG FISMA, European Commission
Brendan O’Leary
Head of Anti-Money Laundering Unit
Department of Finance Ireland
Can Avunduk
Regulatory Strategy Lead, Payments and Identity
Google
Claude Bocqueraz
Deputy Head of the Financial Crime Unit
DG FISMA, European Commission
Dirk Haubrich
Head of Conduct, Payments and Consumers
European Banking Authority
Elie Beyrouthy
Chair, European Payments Institutions Federation (EPIF)
Vice President, European Government Affairs, American Express
Fanny Rodriguez
Chief of Compliance, Legal and Risks, Xpollens
President of AFEPAME, representing Fintecture
Francesca Cedrola
Head of Payment Acceptance and Experience EU/UK
Amazon
Frida Stokland
EU Public Policy Manager for Payments
Amazon
Giorgio Andreoli
Director General
European Payments Council (EPC)
Jean Noel Cutajar
Deputy Director, Supervision and Data Management & Analytics
FIAU Malta
Juan Orti
Head of Growth Markets Europe
American Express
Krzysztof Pycia
EXECUTIVE ADVISOR
PONIP
Lea Siering
Managing Director
Zalando Payments
Reinout Temmerman
Head of Retail Payments, Prudential Supervision & Oversight
National Bank of Belgium
Tobias Thygesen
Head of Innovation and Anti-Fraud Unit
EU Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA)
Ward Möhlmann
Head of Unit for Retail Financial Services and Payments
European Commission

Information

This is the registration site for the 11th Annual European Payment Institutions Federation (EPIF) Conference taking place on Wednesday 18 November 2026.

This will be an in-person, full-day event which will take place in Brussels at the
Stanhope Hotel, Rue du Commerce 9, 1000 Brussels